Wunderkammer, The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)

Japan, Woman jumping from the balcony of Kiyomizu-dera Edo period Japanese scroll painting – Woman jumping from the balcony of Kiyomizu-dera temple, Edo period Ink and pigments on pa...

This sculptural vase, titled “Nuage” unique piece, crafted around 1980, exemplifies the remarkable skill of Japanese ceramicist Watanabe Nobuo in slab construction and inlay techniqu...

[Authentic work] ◆Tanomura Chokunyu ◆Ink painting landscape ◆Japanese painting ◆Handpainted ◆ Paper ◆ Hanging scroll ◆ Chokunyu Tanomura 1814 (Bunka 11) - 1907 (Meiji 40) [Art yearbook appraised value 8 million yen] "A child prodigy in painting, Tanomura Chokunyu originally modeled himself after the style of the famous Tanomura Chikuden (1777-1835), who had adopted him at the age of eight. After Chikuden's death, Chokunyu took up an intense study of imported Chinese paintings." Paul Berry in: Literati Modern, p.136.) - The certificate box was inscribed by Tajika Chikuson (1864-1922), one of Chokunyu's key disciples. Around 1840, he studied Confucianism under Kotake Shinozaki in Osaka, deepened his friendships with Heihachiro Oshio and Tessai Tomioka through sencha, and began to be recognized as a painter. Furthermore, in 1862, he founded and hosted the Seiwan Tea Ceremony (a sencha tea ceremony), which achieved great fame. In 1868, he moved to Kyoto and participated in the establishment of the Kyoto Prefectural Painting School (opened in 1880), serving as its principal and making efforts to foster the next generation.Furthermore, in 1996, he established the Japan Nanga Association with Tessai and others, and established the Japan Nanga Association, which was established in modern Japan. He made a great contribution to painting and the southern painting...

Tanomura Takeda's handwritten self-portrait hymn "Painted Landscape" with himself working in a hut Takeda Tanomura and depicts fields and mountains in spring, 　　and is accompanied by a self-written waka poem that is thought to be about the scene. [Tanomura Takeda] A painter from Takeda Village, Naoniri District, Bungo Province (present-day Takeda City). His family was born as the second son of Ken'an, who had been a samurai physician in the Oka domain for generations. He first studied medicine, but preferred learning over medicine, and studied Chinese studies under Kimizan Karahashi, a He also learned painting techniques from Buncho Tani, and after returning to Japan, he served as the president of a domain school. He resigned his post in 1812 and traveled between Keihan and Osaka, where he interacted with Raizanyo, Shinozaki Kotake, Urakami Gyokudo, Okada Yonezanjin, Unka Shonin, Aoki Mokubei...